The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-29
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL.
The New Idlicc Dedicated 10 Educa
tion Yesterday Afternoon.

ms ueuichtory CefemOnie8 OIL bt,
Msry's new psrochial school, yesler-
day afternoon, were s,rikingly inter.
Getting. Ling before tie hour for the
inaugural services 10 begin numbers
OF tbs devoted parishoners began to
gather In front oil the stately church,
an elegant new structure Of learning,
at the corner Of Third and Market
streets. The church Is In charge Of the
Franciscan fathers. and the school,
which was established six years ago,
IL under the tutelage Of the devoted
Ursuline Sisters. The school has
prospsred from ils birth, and tie
patronage has increased 30 largely
With, the past lev years that the
original and cheaply constructed
school apartments were inadeq ua,e to
accommodate the bright young pupils
Who Alled II TO Overlooking, and
the necessity for new and
more c,mmcdious quarters was not
only fslt. bat imperstivsly deman ded.
DO II was decided that before another
collegiate year commenced TO have
Q bulldog Of sufficient dimensions 10
mee. every requirement. The build.
Ing, q handsome pressed brick, two
sory one. adj iins the church on the
north eide. There are four large
study rooms, elegantly fitted up,
which will accommodate 225 pupils.
There were 1856 attend ,nts last year.
The school 10 presided orsr by Mother
Superior Lee, who 10 lady OF fins
accomplishments.
Promptly nj . o'cl ck the doors
wsre thrown open, and Bishop Rode.
mscher. preceded by q d s'n scoiites
aud followed By eight priests, filed on,
OF the yestry aud were reverently
greeted by the ooncourse which had
assembled to witness the Interesting
exercises. Ode Of the reverend Faith.
trs bore In his b snds the sacred censel,
from witch issusd the holy incense
that was inhsled by the thIopg with
devoted brt ath, aud another carried
a like ahered vessel from which the
Bishop beipriukled the halls and
rooms with holy water. After this
solemn service Rad been performed
and the ihrorg I, I visitors had iollo W. d
tue pastoral train through ths spacious
halle, they hled into the church. The
Bshop nrtt delivered ashoft discoun Q
in German for the bsn,fil Of that Glaze
Of the corgi egation. in which he
thanked item for their earnest and
liberal support 10 such bsneh ,ence,
alter which he proceeded In Eugiisb,
taking Tor his text The verse from thu
ninth chapter OF Jeremiah, which
taye: "Let not the wise man boast Of
his wisdom, nor the strong man Of bis
strength" etc. The Bishop 10 q man
OF u presence thGt would came him "a
be remarked among q Thousand mon
smooth face, OF course-ra her large
Of built, and an eye that beepe. ks
ksenueps Of Thought. with q volcs,
while no, altogether orstorical, distlho'
and sttfao I've
After ec,pl,ulstipg his ,eI', psusing
iof q moment ~ n In contem pla,ioB,
hn spoke Of the value Of education, the
advantages which the wiss man en-
ioyed over his c1mprtitor who was Ia
no'ant. BIT" said he, while II II
conceded that the nineteenth century
aufpAss,s all those that lay behind II
la poin, oil great brain work Of every
kind. IRON tpe stored volumes Of fac
and romanoe 10 the srsndest ant
simplesi Invention, yet l, 10 {
question whether the general mas
OF psople arc further advanced
In material clvilir alton. VIII,
10 u that, In this advanced age
90 have such unh,iy sects ~ soci alias
anarchists end communiiis1 Beloved
will tell you why's IL Ia because q ,
Ia hanished from the legislative Ia
and banishei from the family uI
Tcoount q dlsr gard OF the maTriag,
tie, which, n Ia painful 10 cay, are no
obiervsd Niih the sanctiiy that the,
should be-, II IN because God 10 no
reoognir d Ia the schools ~ he ahoul,
10. The yourR are no proper,
trained. The deer young children o
this land are not taught TO reverence
and glorliJ God. Th,se are facts, ar,
groS on, - momsnlous question
You ehould heed thim, and from a.,
ovidencei ] see around me on thl
au'pieioui occasion. | cau.congtatulAl
yun that YOU have besn 40 mlndial o
yonr responsibilities Tho great an,
glod Pin. TX spoke wisely when b,
said: We must make education
more Christian TIE scho jlroon
must be- taken poseeaoion o
in the name OF the Al
mighty. To-day \ Mays dedicate
70 God y great work, the munlfceue
" Gsd loy ne aud Intelligent hoak
Your work 4 hlessed, and these JounI
children will In ye,Te call you blessed.
Tne dlsoouue Of the bishop cover,
about hfto quartefa Of m hour, 40,
vas listened - With marked attention
Too choir, which 10 one Of the largts'
aud possesses tome ~ hne talent d
there In IN ia, city, gave rare rem
diuon OF eoversl devotional hymns.
Urea, N VA passenger rain or
the Wet Shore railroad collided viii
q freight taln near PORT Byron today
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